The author's memoir depicts the events that took place in a one year time frame that changed his life. Setting is 1950's small town Wisconsin. This story touches on the authors ties to the Wisconsin Badger Boxing program with events that changed his life.
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Bobby's Story,
By Lori Caswell "dollycas" (FALL RIVER, WI) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Ring Bobby's Story (Paperback)
A Memoir
In THE RING, the author, Robert LeClaire (Bobby) is documenting one year of his life. The year between his 12th and 13th birthday. He was living in the small town of Columbus, Wisconsin, about 28 miles northeast of Madison. It was a year that changed his life forever. College boxing was a huge sport at the time and the University of Wisconsin had one of the best teams. Bobby and his family were huge fans and attended the bouts frequently and during Charlie Mohr's years at the UW got to know him quite well. In fact Bobby's brother Bill joined the boxing team his freshman year at the UW. If you are a boxing fan, you know what happened in April 1960. The death of Charlie Mohr following a fight changed the history of college boxing forever. The author writes vividly about this time, but that and other traumatic events in Bobby's life that year turned his whole world upside down and inside out. I hesitate to give you and more of a synopsis of the story because you need to read Bobby's Story to absorb what this boy went through during unbelievable time. I heard about this book from my sister, who manages a bookstore. She was trying to locate the author so she could carry the book in her store, customers were asking for it. You see Columbus, Wisconsin is our home town, but we couldn't remember anything about this family, after reading it I knew why. This series of heart wrenching events took place before I was even born and my sister was a youngster herself. As part of the story the author describes Columbus as it was then. Things hadn't changed much when I growing up. The memories of days long gone brought tears to my eyes. Friday nights the place to be in Columbus was downtown. The stores stayed open late, the popcorn wagon was parked on the corner, everyone knew each other and stopped to visit. Reading the book I could smell the old feed store as well as the popcorn. The population was about 1400 at the time and the entire town was surrounded by cornfields. The rest of the book was not as easy to read, it was well written, but the pain the little boy endured will grab your heart and hold on tight. College boxing was the main backdrop of this story and I know nothing about that subject, but the story had me from page one. I do have to say that reading about the old days of my home town were the major factor in why I loved this book, but Columbus was much like any other small town at that time. This book is well crafted and a very short read at 118 pages and will touch your heart no matter where you may be from. Sadly this book is not available from Amazon.com or other booksellers at this moment. All proceeds from the book will be donated to the Charlie Mohr Scholarship Fund at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I will edit this post after communicating with the author to get more information. This book was provided to me by a representative for the author in hopes that I would review it. No compensation was received.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing Story of Life, Love and Loss,
This review is from: The Ring Bobby's Story (Paperback)
It is very touching that this memoir was written by the author as a way of communicating the story to his family. It will leave you with a sense of appreciation for all the things you have in life and for all the people you love and hold dear.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A Heart-felt Story from the Heartland,
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This review is from: The Ring Bobby's Story (Paperback)
A captivating story that makes you shake your head in disbelief as you turn from chapter to chapter. It is remarkable that the author weathered that storm at such a tender age, enduring blow after blow.
This book is so important from so many perspectives. First and foremost, the human spirit, and the author's ability to endure, survive and thrive as an adult. But this book is also so very important for the community of Columbus Wisconsin, as well as the boxing "community" that is inextricably intertwined in this story. It is an important book to reflect on the times, and the trials of a young boy. The author's personal observations of life in a small midwest town, coupled with this incredible journey - it is an excellent read.
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